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Financial Advisor Success

Michael Kitces

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The Financial Advisor Success podcast brings you real success stories and insights from the most successful financial advisors, and leading industry consultants, about how to take your advisory business to the next level. Get a glimpse of what it's like behind the scenes building a successful advisory business, and how entrepreneurial advisors navigate the inevitable highs, and lows, of growing a firm. Whether you're a new financial advisor trying to get started on the right foot, or an experien...

Episodes (506)

Ep 506: Building A 'Killer' Scorecard To Track Key Weekly Metrics On The Path To...

Financial Advisor Success

Sep 8, 20261:30:33pending

Ep 505: Using A "Pillow Test" To Make The Hard Business Decisions On The Way To...

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Sep 1, 20261:30:32pending

Ep 504: Taking Your Growth To The Next Level By Building An Authentic Personal B...

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Aug 25, 20261:29:19pending

Ep 503: Organically Growing To $800M AUM In Less Than A Decade By Investing In E...

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Aug 18, 20261:30:40pending

Ep 502: Managing $240M As A 3-Person Team Through A Structured Meeting Approach...

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Aug 11, 20261:29:48pending

Ep 501: Navigating Succession Planning That Doesn't Turn Out As Expected (Even W...

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Aug 4, 20261:29:45pending

Ep 500: Amplifying Business Growth By Constantly Honing Your Time Towards Its Hi...

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Jul 28, 20261:40:23pending

Ep 499: 4Xing To $200M AUM In 4 Years While Staying Lean By Leveraging AI, Techn...

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Jul 21, 20261:30:07pending

Ep 498: Hiring A COO And Creating Partnership Paths Early To Drive Enterprise Va...

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Jul 14, 20261:29:56pending

Ep 497: Growing From Solo To Siloed Partnership To A $3.3B Enterprise Ensemble (...

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Jul 7, 20261:29:57pending

Ep 496: Lessons Learned From Building A $60B Advisory Enterprise with Shannon Eu...

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Jun 30, 20261:29:57pending

Ep 495: Scaling To $3.5M Of (Flat-Fee) Revenue by Leaning into A Unique Retireme...

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Jun 23, 20261:39:56pending

Ep 494: Training Next-Gen Advisors In Business Development By Getting Really Cle...

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Jun 16, 20261:29:20pending

Ep 493: Growing To $350M AUM By Putting Client Cash Flow At The Center Of The Pl...

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Jun 9, 20261:29:40pending

Ep 492: Getting Your (Virtual) Team's Best Work Through Steward Leadership On Th...

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Jun 2, 20261:30:21pending

Ep 491: Earning Premium Planning Fees By Demonstrating Hard-Dollar Tax Savings F...

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May 26, 20261:30:00pending

Ep 490: Attracting And Retaining HNW Clients By Being More Available For Their M...

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May 19, 20261:30:00pending

Ep 489: Winning More Clients By Talking Less And Reducing Friction For Prospects...

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May 12, 20261:30:00pending

Ep 488: Bringing Hiring In-House To Support Rapid Growth After Doubling AUM To $...

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May 5, 20261:30:00pending

Ep 487: Building The Team And Tech To Serve Thousands Of (Advice-Only) Clients E...

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Apr 28, 20261:30:13failed

Ep 486: Lessons Learned from How Mega-RIAs Are Scaling Their People to Support G...

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Apr 21, 20261:29:59failed

Ep 485: Exercises to Help Clients Better Navigate the Transition to Retirement A...

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Apr 14, 20261:30:00failed

Ep 484: Scaling To $1B AUM By Recognizing Your (Rainmaker) Strengths And Delegat...

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Apr 7, 20261:29:59failed

Ep 483: Closing (More Affluent) Clients in The First Meeting with an "Approach T...

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Mar 31, 20261:30:00failed

Ep 482: Growing To $500M AUM In 7 Years by Connecting with Your Ideal Clients on...

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Mar 24, 20261:30:29failed

Ep 481: Leveraging Technology To Rapidly Scale Growth Delivering Financial Plann...

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Mar 17, 20261:29:59failed

Ep 480: Growing To $660M Of AUM By Leveraging SEO (And Now AEO) To Build A Durab...

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Mar 10, 20261:27:02completed

Ep 479: Maintaining Good Work/Life Balance While Adding Advisors And 4Xing The F...

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Mar 3, 20261:30:00pending

Ep 478: Fixing Advisory Firm Marketing Funnels So The Phone Actually Rings With...

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Feb 24, 20261:29:59pending

Ep 477: Finding Real Uses For AI Tools Not Just To Gain Efficiency But Create Mo...

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Feb 17, 20261:30:00pending

Ep 476: Making The Decision To Add A Partner (After Leaving A Partnership Yourse...

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Feb 10, 20261:29:59pending

Ep 475: Adding Deeper Tax Planning Capabilities (And Generating More Google Revi...

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Feb 3, 20261:30:00pending

Ep 474: Gaining The Skills, Experience, And Team Needed To Serve UHNW Clients Ef...

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Jan 27, 20261:30:00pending

Ep 473: Defending Against AI By Focusing On The Uniquely Human Aspects Of (Fiduc...

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Jan 20, 20261:30:00pending

Ep 472: Going Deep Into Multigenerational Planning To Better Serve HNW Clients (...

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Jan 13, 20261:27:29pending

Ep 471: Growing To $475M In 7 Years While Making Yourself Dispensable Enough To...

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Jan 6, 20261:30:02pending

Ep 470: Growing To $500M AUM With An Evergreen HNW Client Service Calendar For E...

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Dec 30, 20251:30:00pending

Ep 469: Specializing In (Sound) Income Sources For Retirees To Differentiate A $...

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Dec 23, 20251:30:05pending

Ep 468: Navigating Accelerated Succession When Cancer Forces An Early Retirement...

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Dec 16, 20251:30:00pending

Ep 467: Crafting Effective Conversations To Build Business Development Rapport W...

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Dec 9, 20251:29:59pending

Ep 466: Doubling AUM From Under $300M To Over $600M In 3.5 Years By Making Inves...

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Dec 2, 20251:29:59pending

Ep 465: Making The Sell-Or-Keep Decision When You Hit A $260M AUM Wall with Todd...

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Nov 25, 20251:29:43pending

Ep 464: Hiring A Director Of Talent To Shape The Development Of Next Generation...

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Nov 18, 20251:30:00pending

Ep 463: Generating 10-15 Referrals Per Week By Coaching Clients To Make More Eff...

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Nov 11, 20251:30:00pending

Ep 462: Making The Tough Decision To Change Firms To Find The Path To Equity Own...

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Nov 4, 20251:26:55pending

Ep 461: Helping Clients Live Intentionally And Generously With Charitable Giving...

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Oct 28, 20251:29:59pending

Ep 460: Establishing The Operational Systems It Takes To Truly Serve Ultra-HNW C...

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Oct 21, 20251:29:59pending

Ep 459: Working More Collaboratively With Clients' CPAs For Better Tax Planning...

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Oct 14, 20251:30:00pending

Ep 458: Overcoming Perfectionism Burnout While Still Serving Clients Well With A...

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Oct 7, 20251:30:00pending

Ep 457: Making Financial Planning Less Scary For New Clients By Focusing First O...

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Sep 30, 20251:30:00pending
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